Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.

Description from the Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 6 1830 pg. 29.

For an improved Washer and Churner; George B. Gibbs, Pike, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, October 10.

Mr. Gibbs thus describes his washer and churner, “ the” form is, or resembling, the frustrum of a pyramid; the diameter of the base from two to four feet, that of the top from six to twenty inches, through which passes a pin, or fulcrum, upon which a lever, from three to ten feet, swings, with or without a joint, cog, or wheel, to which is attached an open paddle, with two posts, which are connected by two or more slats, which is moved within the cylindrical box by the above mentioned lever.“ George B. Gibbs.

If the above description appears to be obscure, we can assure our readers that the drawings which accompany it possess the same quality in an equal degree; it is much to be doubted, however, whether any thing be lost by this defection, as we think that most housekeepers employ a better washer, and those who keep cows a better churner, than most of those which are patented, although they stand upon two feet, and have, therefore, a lesser base than that of Mr. Gibbs.

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